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Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... is "a little bit behind" in that regard. From the U.S. perspective, Ron Lind, public member of the US $302 billion California Public Employee Retirement Scheme (CalPERS) Board of Administration spoke of being in a defensive mode in protecting the changes ...

Government launches inquiry investigating need for Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... problem." Woods noted that in addition to the UK Modern Slavery Act, France had passed similar disclosure legislation, and California has also enacted the Transparency in Supply Chains Act as well. Introducing Australian legislation to bring Australia ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Renew Financial, a California-based clean energy financing company, is bringing the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model to multiple states in the US, and enabling financing for residential and commercial renewable energy and water ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... investments, New Forests operates Forest Carbon Partners, an investment vehicle for the registration of projects by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for California's greenhouse gas cap and trade program, and the management of the offset credits ...

Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... and the disposal of corks, caps, cardboard boxes, plastic packaging and pallets. Free Flow Wines, a company in Napa, California which offers 450 wines for sale throughout the U.S. on tap, claims in the last five years to have saved 4 million bottles ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... they grapple with the human rights issues in companies' supply chain. Nimbalker pointed to legislation such as the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the UK's Modern Slavery Ac t as recent legislation that increases the pressure on companies ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... sources, reporting coal, gas, oil, nuclear, biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar and wind. Aspen, Colorado, Santa Monica, California, San Francisco and Stockholm have all set 100% renewable energy targets, while Vanuouver has set a 93% target, Canberra ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... also developing custom ex-coal products that will be in line with impending legislation in Norway and the state of California. The new indexes come after the 2014 launch of the FTSE All-World ex Fossil Fuels Index Series, an set of benchmarks that omit ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... benefits including "collaborations with Native American tribes to develop improved forest management projects for the California carbon market." New Forests also launched community engagement programs in Southeast Asia in 2014 as part of TAFF, which ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Disclosure Project), The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation ( ICMIF ) and State Treasurer of California John Chiang.